BY TINA BENITEZ-EVES | It’s one of the last, true punk bars in the East Village, but the fate of Manitoba’s might be in question following an alleged domestic assault by owner Richard Manitoba (“Handsome Dick”) against his partner, Zoe Hansen, who has also managed and bartended the venue for many years. On the morning read more here »

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | About 75 members of Village and Chelsea block associations — specifically, ones all located within a few blocks of 14th St. — gathered for a meeting at Lenox Health Greenwich Village last week, all of them with one pressing concern. As one woman from W. 12th St. put it, while addressing read more here »

BY TEQUILA MINSKY | The tone Saturday morning started a bit lighter than had previously been expected as immigrant-rights activists filled Foley Square at the “You Can’t Deport a Movement” rally in support of Ravi Ragbir. Ragbir was to have reported for deportation at Immigration and Customs Enforcement that morning. But in a very welcome read more here »

BY DUSICA SUE MALESEVIC | Ahmad Khan Rahimi was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison for planting two bombs in Chelsea in 2016, one of which exploded on W. 23rd St., injuring 31 people and damaging buildings and property. Rahimi, 30, was found guilty this past October of all eight federal counts stemming from read more here »

After it stood under the Washington Square Arch for four months, workers this week disassembled Ai Weiwei’s “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors” public artwork. Dismissed as “The Birdcage” by some, the sculpture had a rough start because it displaced the annual holiday tree, and just generally encumbered the view of the stately arch. But the read more here »

The staff of NYC Community Media and Community News Group took the National Wear Red Day campaign hyperlocal, naturally, sporting the health-oriented hue on Fri., Feb. 2. The effort is intended to raise awareness about women’s heart health. The company’s initiative was led by Jenn Goodstein, The Villager’s publisher, seen above, at right end of read more here »

Eight tenants from 85 Bowery started a sidewalk campout and hunger strike in the frigid weather on Thurs., Feb. 8, in front of the 100 Gold St. offices of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to demand that the city ensure repairs are made to the building, so that its tenants can move back read more here »

BY JULIANNE MCSHANE | The government agreed to temporarily halt the deportation of high-profile immigrant-rights advocate Ravi Ragbir after he filed a First Amendment lawsuit in federal district court on Feb. 9 alleging that the Trump administration is deliberately targeting activists who speak out on behalf of immigrants. “Like so many people who are living in read more here »

BY TEQUILA MINSKY | The days are counting down until Sat., Feb. 10, when immigrants-rights activist Ravi Ragbir is to report to ICE, to be deported, unless circumstances change. Since his Jan. 29 release from federal detention in Goshen, NY, Ragbir has attended the president’s State of the Union address in Washington, D.C., walked the read more here »

BY WINNIE MCCROY | After years of local residents wondering about the future of the Chelsea Market, it now appears that Google will purchase the famous food hall from its current owner, Jamestown, for nearly $2.5 billion — in excess of $1,600 per square foot. In fact, Google Maps already lists 75 Ninth Ave. between read more here »